Woman gets £7,000 for 44 years of work

A WOMAN, who left school at 14 and worked in a shoe factory for 44 years, has received a redundancy payment of just £7,000 (9,000).

Two years ago, the Labour Court ruled that Blackthorn Shoes should pay Kathleen Murphy, 59, and nine other co-workers an additional week’s pay for every year served.

So far, the Dundalk-based company has not paid it, despite winning a £1.2 million (1.5m) contract from the Office of Public Works.